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...less wind shear - that is, fewer winds blowing across the path of hurricanes, which tend to disrupt their formation and growth...
Aircraft makers are adding improved safety equipment of their own. Boeing is developing a wind-shear detector that it will install on new jetliners starting this summer. The device includes a warning voice that proclaims, "Wind shear! Wind shear!" once the plane enters the deadly turbulence, and provides guidance on how to respond. Boeing is also working with the FAA and United on a program to teach crews to cope with wind shear more effectively...
...sifting of evidence from the 1985 crashes shows that the accidents have few common threads. Eight airlines and six kinds of aircraft were involved in major fatal incidents. The causes ranged from a probable bomb aboard the Air-India jet liner lost off Ireland, to wind shear--a violent shift in air currents--in the case of the downed Delta craft. Such differences have led some experts to call the mishaps a statistical aberration. Concludes John Enders, president of the Flight Safety Foundation, a Virginia research and consulting group: "It's a kind of fluke, a confluence...
...more likely suspect is wind shear, a collision or crossing of high-velocity winds, often during thunderstorms. Since the winds can shift from head to tail almost instantaneously, the condition is nearly impossible for a pilot to handle at relatively slow takeoff and landing speeds. Recent studies have cited wind shear as a factor in at least 27 commercial aircraft accidents since 1964. The most notable: an Eastern Airlines 727 crash on landing at New York's JFK Airport in 1975 that killed 113, and a Pan American 727 accident after takeoff from New Orleans in 1982 that left...
...longest running non-musical play in American theater history, now in its 22nd season, Shear Madness is a comedy troupe that features lots of audience participation, improvisation, and a compelling “who-dun-it” angle that changes from night to night. The play is set in a hair salon on Newbury Street, and every night, a mysterious murder involving its goofy employees takes place. The audience solves the crime as the evening goes on, enjoying the cast’s timely, witty humor and Boston-specific references. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. Tickets $20 students. Charles Playhouse...